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Following on the heels of the "what happened to the western" thread, I've always wondered what happened to the high school movie (Ferris Bueller, Clueless, Breakfast Club, American Pie, etc.) and why the younger generations seem to lack interest in them. "Sick lit" movies and dystopian films seem to be all the rage among younger Millenials and Gen Zers. What do you think happened? Does the Breakfast Club seem as outdated to today's teens as the Western seemed to teens a generation ago?
Aside from something like Lady Bird or Eighth Grade, Netflix seems to be coming out with a bunch of them: Love, Simon, To All Boys I've Loved Before, Sierra Burgess is a Loser, Kissing Booth, etc.
Aside from something like Lady Bird or Eighth Grade, Netflix seems to be coming out with a bunch of them: Love, Simon, To All Boys I've Loved Before, Sierra Burgess is a Loser, Kissing Booth, etc.
Aside from something like Lady Bird or Eighth Grade, Netflix seems to be coming out with a bunch of them: Love, Simon, To All Boys I've Loved Before, Sierra Burgess is a Loser, Kissing Booth, etc.
Love, Simon isn't a Netflix original. It was released in theaters. Although you might be thinking of Alex Strangelove, which is Netflix.
There are also still teen movies being released, some of the ones over the past 8 years:
Love, Simon isn't a Netflix original. It was released in theaters. Although you might be thinking of Alex Strangelove, which is Netflix.
There are also still teen movies being released, some of the ones over the past 8 years:
The Duff
Me. Earl, and the Dying Girl
Paper Towns
Fault in Our Stars
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Edge of Seventeen
Everything, Everything
If I Stay
Easy A
Blockers
The Spectacular Now
The Fault in Our Stars and Everything, Everything fall into the "sick lit" category and aren't really HS movies. The protagonist in Everything, Everything was supposedly too sick to even leave her home so it's definitely not a HS movie. When I say "high school movie," I mean a movie that is largely set in high school as opposed to a movie that's just centered on kids of high school age.
When I say "high school movie," I mean a movie that is largely set in high school as opposed to a movie that's just centered on kids of high school age.
I agree with the other poster that said Netflix is filling that gap now. The Kissing Booth (an awful movie) and To All The Boys I've Loved Before (a wonderful movie) would fall into that category. TATBILB even mentions John Hughes movies. =)
The Fault in Our Stars and Everything, Everything fall into the "sick lit" category and aren't really HS movies. The protagonist in Everything, Everything was supposedly too sick to even leave her home so it's definitely not a HS movie. When I say "high school movie," I mean a movie that is largely set in high school as opposed to a movie that's just centered on kids of high school age.
So...
Love Simon
Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Duff
Easy A
The Edge of Seventeen
The Kissing Booth
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Sierra Burgess is a Loser
Alex Strangelove
Lady Bird
The Spectacular Now
Paper Towns
"Easy A" doesn't really count.
Yes it was a box-office success, and had relatively positive reviews too. But it has become rather dated, and does not exactly reflect this new generation of teens (all of them Generation Z, BTW, the last Millennials graduated last school year). "Easy A" was more like a time capsule of Generation Y high-school life, in the late '00s.
Emma Stone's character mentions the actor John Cusack, who was still pretty big ~10 years ago (having the lead role in "2012", remember that one?), but has since gone the way of Michael Madsen and Eric Roberts.
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